Friday, August 24, 2012

Special Guest Artist: Lourdes

Hey there all, it's Pam sharing a special guest artist with you named Lourdes. She has been a featured artist once here before and you can see her amazing post on created Chinese Lanterns here. You can also read her bio at that link as well. To read up on all of the neat thing Lourdes is creating now, please visit her blog here: http://tarjetasydetallitosenpapel.blogspot.com/ . Lourdes is sharing a cool distressing technique with us today. I love the look of old distressed embellishments. Today you can learn how to create them as well!! She creates such neat projects.. enjoy this tutorial!!

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How to create
backgrounds: coffee staining

By: Lourdes

Materials:

·Tissue
Paper

·Spray bottle
with water

·Coffee

·Tray

·Absorbent
paper

Instructions:1. Place the
wrinkled tissue paper in the tray2. Spritz
water
on the tissue paper

3. Sprinkle
the
coffee over the moistened tissue paper4. Spread
with
your hands, the coffee over the whole surface. Leave it in the
tray for 10
minutes.

5. Then,
carefully
remove the paper from the tray and put it over an absorbent
paper.6. Place
another
absorbent paper over the stained paper and leave it dry 4 hours

7. Once
the
paper is dried, remove carefully all the coffee grains and
VOILA!

You can
use it as
background for your scrapbooking projects, cards or even tags,
as the example
showed here

I fell for this Tutorial, easy, simple and easily accessible materials, I liked the finish it leaves. Despite having seen something similar, here I see it's much easier, productive and practical, this great Lou! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

About Pam Callaghan

Pam Callaghan has been scrapbooking for eleven years. She fell in love with the craft after a friend invited her to a scrapbook party. Pam currently is the project coordinator for Chickaniddy Crafts! She simply loves to create with paper and glue! She also likes to cross stitch, sketch, and take pictures.

Pam currently lives in Tennessee with her loving husband, Kevin and adorable son, Sean. She grew up in the Chicago area and since has lived in Indiana, Florida, and Ohio. They spend their free time going to movies, spoiling their two dogs, visiting local historic sites, and other family activities. Pam and her family are active members of their church and enjoy spreading the gospel.

About this Site

Ideas for Scrapbookers used be a blog with multiple contributors. Since September, 2014, it has become the creative site of Pam Callaghan. Please visit the old posts and keep in mind that not all of the older projects are created by Pam Callaghan. A badge on the bottom of the page or a name above each project will let you know who created it.